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CANNELURE GLACIAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A deep, wide, usually straight furrow cut in bedrock by the abrasive action of a rock fragment embedded in the bottom of a moving glacier; it is larger and deeper than a glacial striation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Lorsque le glacier s'écoule [...] il peut éroder plus profondément la roche tendre et ainsi produire une cannelure glaciaire [...] Les cannelures ont généralement quelques centimètres de profondeur, mais peuvent atteindre par endroits plusieurs mètres de profondeur et de nombreux mètres de longueur.

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